Recipe: Appetizing Vegetable biriyani

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Vegetable biriyani. This is a tasty and interesting vegetable biryani. The color looks appetizing and the taste is great! It's delicious served with mint chutney or simple, plain yogurt.

We're working through a list of our favorite Indian recipes including Indian Butter Chicken and Easy Chicken Tikka Masala and it felt only right the next recipe shared… Vegetable Biryani is a complete, satisfying, one-dish meal.

My mother would often say this dish is a fancy name for vegetable pulao.

However, I think it is more than that.

You can have Vegetable biriyani using 27 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Vegetable biriyani

You need 3 cups of basmati rice.
It’s 2 of carrots.
Prepare 1 of onion.
Prepare 1 of potato.
You need 1 of tomato.
You need 10 of gobhi florets (cauliflower).
It’s to taste of green peas.
Prepare to taste of beans.
You need 2 of bay leaf.
It’s 1 stick of cinnamon.
You need to taste of cardamom seeds.
It’s to taste of pepper.
You need to taste of cumin seeds.
You need 2 tsp of vegetable biriyani masala powder.
It’s 2 tsp of chilli powder.
It’s 1 tsp of garam masala.
It’s 1 tsp of kasuri methi.
You need 1 tsp of coriander powder.
It’s 1 cup of curd.
You need to taste of cloves.
You need 0.5 tsp of turmeric powder.
You need 2 tsp of ghee.
It’s 2 tbsp of oil.
You need leaves of Coriander.
It’s 1 tsp of ginger garlic paste.
Prepare to taste of cashews and raisins.
You need to taste of saffron threads soaked in milk.

The secret behind this flavorful Vegetable Biryani is a spice mixture that creates the perfect balance of flavors.

Basmati rice with a mix of fresh vegetables combined with this spice mixture turns into a dish of perfection!

Tehri was originally concocted by kings in northern India as a vegetarian equivalent to the Mughals' mutton or chicken biryani.

This modern-day version has deliciously soft sweet vegetables and flavorful long-grain rice.

Vegetable biriyani instructions

Soak basmati rice in water for at least 30 minutes.
In a pan take 6 glasses of water + cinnamon + bay leaf + pepper + cardamom + salt. Let it boil and then add soaked rice and cook it for 5-6 minutes until hAlf cooked. Drain the water once it’s cooked..
Now in another let’s prepare biriyani gravy. Take oil + cumin seeds + bay leaf + cinnamon stick + cloves + cardamom seeds+ginger garlic paste and sauté for 3 minutes..
Now add onion and sauté until it’s golden brown. Now add tomato + other vegetables and boil for 10 minutes..
Now add turmeric powder + chilli powder + cumin powder + garam masala+ coriander powder +biriyani powder+ salt + a tsp of jaggery and boil until vegetables absorbs the flavor.
Now add curd to the same pan and mix well+ add gobhi + green peas and sauté for 5 minutes or until it’s cooked.
Now take 1 small cup of gravy outside. In the same layer up rice and gravy. Add ghee+ coriander leaves + saffron threads and cover the pan with aluminum foil and cover with lid. Boil it for 15-20 minutes..
Serve the biriyani hot with raita.
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This Vegetable Biryani hits all the right spots with its wonderful aroma and exotic flavors!

Loaded with veggies, crunchy cashews, warm spices like saffron, herbs like cilantro and mint, this biryani is a delight to the taste buds in every bite!

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This vegetable-packed biryani is a one-pot dish that's aromatic, flavorful and super tasty.

You are going to love this vegetarian biryani recipe!